Chief Judge Tasks Lawyers On Corruption

Date: 2015-12-15

The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Suleiman Kawu, has urged legal practitioners in Nigeria to muster much courage in the fight against corruption in the judiciary.

He said based on the symbiotic working relationship between lawyers and judges, the former had the unique opportunity, moral and ethical responsibility to expose the few bad eggs in their midst.

Kawu who spoke in Ilorin at the 2015 dinner/award night organised by the Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) noted that judges' performance was significantly influenced by the conduct of lawyers.

"My comment is on the impression being created in the media that the Nigerian judiciary is abysmally corrupt. I must admit that judges are not saints and as human beings they are fallible which is why we have some few bad eggs in our midst.

"This fact however, is not sufficient ground for a sweeping and indiscriminate and sometimes criminally reckless castigation and condemnation of judges and the Nigerian judiciary as an institution.

"I say it loudly and without any apology that Nigeria is blessed with some of the best judges in the world and the Nigerian judiciary as an institution has always risen to the occasion in sanctioning erring judges and court officials whenever their misconduct is brought to the attention of the authority.

"Some of us are worried and concerned that the loud and increasing waves of unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against judiciary is creating negative impression about judges and eroding public confidence in the judiciary as an institution designed to enthrone the rule of law", he said.

Earlier, the NBA caretaker committee chairman, Sir Joseph Bamigboye (SAN) harped on the need for unity among members of the association.

"It is unlike us to malign, attack, defame and exhibit traits of indiscipline in order to make a point. We are learned gentlemen and must comport ourselves at all times as such, we are gold and God forbids that we rust. We must be above prevailing societal rot, and in our public and private conduct and utterances must be like Caesar's wife to be above board", he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sulyman Buhari     Fatimoh Lawal     Owode Market     Asa     Suleiman Abubakar     NIPOGA     Jimoh Akani     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Sheikh Ariyibi     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Salihu Yahaya     Kwara 2015     Olatunde Michaels     Idowu Aremu     Olosi Of Osi     Naira Redesign     Jide Oyinloye     Falokun-Oja     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Abdulraheem Yusuf     KWSIEC     Laduba     Kwara 2019     Bareke     Plat Technologies     AGF Abdulrazaq     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Budo-Egba     2017 Budget     Mahee Abdulkadir     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Adanla-Irese     Saliu Tunde Bello     Ibrahim Mohammed     Usman Alkali Baba     Kishira     Sheriff Shagaya     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Split Diamond Interchange     Ojo Isekuse     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Al-Adaby     Musa Yeketi     Old Oyo     Tayo Awodiji     Aremu Odolaye     Okin High School     Adeniyi Ojo     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     National Broadcasting Commission     Garba Ado Sanni     Kwara Basketball Association     Sobi     ASUU     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Aliyu Alhassan     Bayo Ajia     Ayo Salami     Reuben Paraje     Kuliyan Geri     Olatunde Jare     Elewu     Funmilayo Oniwa     Oni Adebayo     Umar Saro     Oladimeji Thompson     KWACOBPA     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Kola Ologbondiyan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     MATTA Girls Foundation     ER-KANG     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Danhawa     Bamikole Omishore     Binta Abubakar Mora     Facebook     Sheikh Alimi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Sa\'adu Salahu     Taofeek Sanusi     Wahab Egbewole     Saliu Oluwole     Oke-Odo     College Of Health     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Inside Kwara     Ojo Fadumila     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     KWAFFA     JAMB     Dele Momodu     Salihu Yahaya     National Broadcasting Commission     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Nnazua     Joseph Bamigboye     Amuda Aluko     Sadiq Umar     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Baboko Primary School     Naira Redesign     Albert Ogunsola     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Moro     Durosinlohun Atiku     Amule Elementary School     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Umar Gunu     Folorunsho Erubu     Femi Ogunsola     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ishaq Oloyede     Issa Manzuma     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     NNPP     NIPOGA     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Public Holiday     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Col. Adedipe     Sebastine Obasi     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Moronfoye     Alore     Mohammed Lawal     Lanre Aremu     Okin Biscuit     Shehu Jimoh     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Isaac Gbenle     Olaoye B. Felix     Toyin Abdullahi     Elerinjare-Ibobo     A.O. Belgore     Elese Of Igbaja     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum